SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11874, 25 April 1899, Page 4

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON.

Bytieltan ia situated in la*. 4&37 south, long. 172.44 east; and the difference of time between Lyttelton and Christchurch ia 20sec. The tone-ball is dropped every week day at 1 p.m., Hew Zealand mean time, which ia equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the previous day, being calculated for 172deg80min east long., and llhrs 3Qnun east of Greenwich mean time.

PHASES OF THE MOON. April.

WEATHER REPORT, ETC. High Water, This Day (Tuesday); Morning 3.7, afternoon 3.31. Sun rises 6.47 am., seta 5.11 p.m. Moon rises 4.17 pjn,. sets 6.47 am. 1 MOOT)AT,, APRIL 24. 9 5 PJn■Therrmuneten , ,<* , 58 5 s Barometat’ . . . 29.91 29,97 WEATHER FORECAST. ' Captain Edwin telegraphed the following weather forecast yesterday-; —North-cast te north and west gale after ten, hours from, now Glass fall. Indications fan rain and high tides, " ° ARRIVED, April 24—Taupo, s.s., 408 tons,.„Lobb, from Westport. Union Steamship Company agents. .April 24—Flora, s.s,, 838 tons, Fleming Dunedin. Union Steamship Company, agente. Passengers—Misses Frost, Blythe and Parsons, Mrs Ftorauh, Messrs Walter, •Hangferip, Wiener, Jacobson, McDonald, and four steerage. SAILED, April 2te-WdJmgton, ship, 1247 tons, iXhomas, for London. \ DaJgety and Co agents; ’’ April 24—Ectenm, as., S7B toms, Spence, for ■Wellington and Nelson. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers: For Welling-ton—-Miss Eden, Mesdames Eden, Ashton and Rodgers, Sir, G. Clifford, Hr Guthrie, Messrs Rogers, Smmshaw, Clarice, Garieten, Rainbow, Clarkson, Oxford, MWicar and' j 3l '!. Pic ten—Mr i and Mrs Mpgridge' and family; for Nelson—Miss Andrews, Mrs Warnock. : April 24—Flora, s.s., 838 tons, Fleaning, for ApckjaniJ, wia way ports. Unten Steamship tbinpariy, agents. PagengctS—Miss MTfab, Mrs, Gordon, Messrs Conway, Beattie, Franks, Januesan.'Brighten, Taylor (2) and Oxford; ' April 24—Coruina, sjl, 820 tons, Lobb, for (WelEngten. and Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents, ‘ ' • April _24 —Herald, s.s., 356 tons, Ratter, for ■Wellington and Greymouth. Union Steamship Company, agents. __ . : IMPORTS . hioHw From Dunedin—7 cases same, 11 hags sugar, 6 casks pelts, 4 cases oranaas, 58 pkgs, 6 bags linen, 10 hhids ate, 2 cases- ale $4 cases cheese, 40 bpses Pattern 38 pkgsf. v rom WellingfeK!—2 32,-0011 timber, G cases fruit, 6 casks pelai, 80 pkgs; from Hew Plymouth—lo 4 boxes but W, 7. plrga; from Nelson—7o bales hops, 33 Dkgs; from, Picton—l6 pkga Corinna: From, Bluff—2l bales wool, 2 SS-SS- 3 , stans, 1 .case coffee;, from Dunedin—v bales hides, 5 bars steel, 16 hhds ale, 1 ouggy, abaft and, pole, 203 bdls. standards, 56 ■p^kgs. ■ From Dunedin—ll 7 bars iron, 3 wool!errs,. 4,bags,hides, bdls skhaa, 7.pkgs. , ; EXPORTS., Wellington, l , Tor, London—943 bates, wool,.; 11,851 sacks - sacks oats., Eotomahana: ■ For T^cllingtcm—DO cases firuit, T roll zinc; fl-vsacke'.rnalt, 4 pkgs ranges, 4 traps, 15 , cases; tomaSoas, 18 cases pears, 7 cases bacon, 100 sacks oarts, a bicycles, 30 cases. apples,:. 9 - sacks- oatia'a, 1 plough, 1 chain, 28 sacks bran, 75,sacks, wheat, 1 horse, 86 pkgs ; for'Wanganui—6 himls ale, 90, sacks Oats,* 18. pkgts; for Foxton—£J. cases, ‘ale, 2 kegs pickles, 2 cases.; :for Groyammth—o pkgs; for- Patea—6 -cases ale,. 6 pkgs;, -for Blenheim —3 pkgs., I Mbkoia; For Melbourne—4 tin trunks, 164 sacks seed, 497 sacks oats, H - sacks, ryegrass, 24 pkgs old metal, 1 beers©, 67 empty cases, 287 sacks potatoes, 30 pkgs; for Launceston —1 chaffeutter,: 4, wheels, 1 pair shafts-; for Fremantle—ls cases cheese, 110. cases- tongues; 572 sacks potatoes; for Dunedin—6 sacks onions, 10 oil casks, 16 pkgs; for Hobart—loo sacks seed, 2 cases; for Albany—2 cases; for Bluff—l chair, 3‘ cases separator, 10 sacks oats, 6 sacks onions, 4 coils old tope, 2 bars iron, 26 pkgs; for Geraldiown—2o sacks barley; for Adelaide—7 sacks peas, 8 sacks bran, 55 sacks potatoes,, 94 sacks oaJte. Morayshire: For London—SS;632 carcases mutton and lamb, 217 sacks poas, 139 sacks oats, 125 sacks potatoes, 21 esaka casings, 362 boxes kidneys, 314 bales wool, EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London—Euahin 0, at Port Chalmers, duo Lyttelton, April 24., Wakauni; due Wellington April 30- Tokomam, dna Lyttelton April 26. Waimate, due Auckland' May 9, Rimotaka, due colony May 14. Tekoa, due colony May 24. Prom Hew York, via Dunedin—Ribston, s.s.. at Dunedin. > From Cape Town-—Allonby, barque, 1400 tons, Kerry, W.PJLL. From Liverpool—Manchester, dredge, sailed Feb. 8 (put into Waterford); From Adelaide—Lake' Erie, barque. 933 tons, Stennard, H.M.T.K. From Liverpool; via. Wellington—Siteerhow, ihip, 1177 tons, Marshall l , Q.T..TTC From Clarence River—Edward, brig. . PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For London—Norman M’Leod, barque. Lake Superior, Westland, Loch Torridom Blenheim, Nelson, Conway, Lizzie Bell and Orari.

VESSELS HOMEWARD BOUND. v,' Days oni Liv (Captain Farup) . . . . v , ,py Elbe /Captain Pox) .53 Canterbury (Captain Collingwood) . . 42 Wellington (Captain Thomas) ... 1 _ THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY’S FLEET.

TUESDAY.—Rotomahana arrives from Wellington, and leaves on return trip. Janet Nicoll leaves for; Westport.

The schooner Marmion, now six weeks overdue at Tairua from Napier, is owned and sailed by Captain Richard Wood, for many years a resident of Lyttelton. The tug Lyttelton, when entering the moles yesterday afternoon, came into contact with a lighter that was being towed out by the launch Canterbury. The lighter received seme damage to' her bows and- had to be beached in Sandy Bay. The ship Nelson was floated out of the graving dock yesterday and berthed at No. 4 wharf, where she loads her cargo for London. The ship will now have quick despatch, as it is understood that her cargo is nearly all ready for shipment. The steamer Hawke’s' Bay will arrive in port on Thursday from New York, via way porta. The steamer Wanaka was placed in the graving dock yesterday afternoon, to be cleaned and painted. The ship Wellington was towed to sea early yesterday morning, and set sail for London. She takes a full cargo of produce, including nearly 12,000 sacks of wheat. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. ARRIVALS.—ApriI 24: Auckland, 1.45 u, Waihora (Brindisi mail), from Sydney; Gisborne, 9 a.m., Waiwera, from Napier. DEPARTURES.—ApriI 24; Auckland, 5.30 p.m., Mararoa, for Sydney; Wellington, 7.10 p.m., Rotomahana, for Wellington, 7.10 p.m., Hawke’s Bay, for Lyttelton. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. POUTO, April 24. Sailed —Brisbane, for Melbourne. AUCKLAND, April 24. Arrived —Waihora, from Sydney; passengers —Miss M’Donald, Messrs Ross, Gilkison and Hatfield. Sailed—Gairloch, for New Plymouth. Mararoa, for Sydney. GISBORNE, April 24. Heavy rains caused a fresh in the river, owing to which the steamer Te Anau was unable to communicate with tho shore yesterday. WELLINGTON, April 21. Arrived—Mamari, from London, via Auckland. Sailed—lndramayo, for the Bluff. Rotomahana, for Lyttelton; passengers—Misses Easther, Washboume, Tripe, Clark'and Newton, Mesdames Scaly and child, Wilkes, Poster, Gully end child, Forbes and Fuller, Messrs Sargent, Gray, May, Calder, ‘Washbourne, Barron, Whrtcombe, Andrews, Every, Spence, Tripe, Nevill, Carter, Forbes Spence and Fuller. Hawke’s Bay, for Lyttelton. Tho Otarama arrived at Gravesend on April 21. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. MELBOURNE, April 24. Arrived—Talnne, from tho Bhiff, via Hobart.

Ijasfc Quarter: B. ... 3 a. U a. 26 p.m. New Moon K . * , 10 6 61 pan. First QixarteU ' . . , 18 10 13 a.m. Full Moon ... 26 6 62 a.m.